• grue@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Yet again, an article that’s actually about a driver running over and killing cyclists phrasing the title in exculpatory passive voice. SMH

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      1 day ago

      phrasing the title in exculpatory passive voice

      Uhh, this isn’t passive voice, though? Passive voice would be “cyclists are crashed into by car”. This makes it pretty clear: the car is the thing that actively caused harm here.

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        1 day ago

        Yeah, I misspoke slightly. I’m not sure what the correct terminology is (for excusing the person by blaming the inanimate object/tool), though, so I can’t correct it.